Vital Statistics - Death Database

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This is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information annually from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada.
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  • 1. Provisional Deaths in Canada Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024004
    Description: This dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring mortality in Canada. The interactive visualization within the dashboard features insights on weekly death trends from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death (CVSD) database.
    Release date: 2026-07-09
  • 2. Provisional weekly death counts, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0768-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by age and sex in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2026-07-09
  • 3. Previous releases and revisions to provisional weekly death counts
    Table: 13-10-0783-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2026-07-09
  • 4. Provisional weekly death counts, by selected grouped causes of death
    Table: 13-10-0810-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by selected grouped causes of death in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2026-07-09
  • 5. Provisional weekly age-standardized mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0879-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: The table displays weekly age standardized mortality rates for every province in Canada (excluding territories), by sex, since 2019. The standardization is done using the 2011 Canadian population.
    Release date: 2026-07-09
  • 6. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2026-06-17
  • 7. Geographic variation in female breast cancer incidence and mortality in Canada
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202600500001
    Description: Previous research has found variability in cancer incidence and cancer-related outcomes according to place of residence. This study examined geographic variability in the incidence and mortality of breast cancer among females in Canada, using data from the 2021 Canadian Cancer Registry (breast cancer incidence) and the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death database (breast cancer mortality). Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs) and age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) per 100,000 females per year and their rate ratios were calculated, as well as age group-specific and age-standardized stage-specific incidence rates, and examined across provinces and territories, community sizes, and peer groups (i.e., clusters of health regions with similar socioeconomic and demographic characteristics).
    Release date: 2026-05-20
  • 8. Health Fact Sheets
    Journals and periodicals: 82-625-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description: Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors.
    Release date: 2026-05-20
  • 9. Socioeconomic characteristics of Indigenous adults reconvicted after release from provincial custody, 2016/2017
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100008
    Description: This Juristat article explores the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and reconvictions among Indigenous adults released from full-time provincial custody in 2016/2017, in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The study examines pre-release socioeconomic characteristics, including education, employment, income, family composition, emergency healthcare, geographic location, and neighbourhood characteristics, to identify possible links between these factors and the likelihood of reconviction for a crime.
    Release date: 2026-05-14
  • 10. Socioeconomic characteristics and reconviction patterns of Indigenous adults released from provincial custody 2016/2017
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202613440427
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-05-14
Data (157)

Data (157) (30 to 40 of 157 results)

  • 31. Deaths, by cause, Chapter XVIII: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00 to R99)
    Table: 13-10-0155-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of deaths caused by symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 32. Deaths, by cause, Chapter XX: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01 to Y89)
    Table: 13-10-0156-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of deaths caused by external causes of morbidity and mortality, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 33. Deaths, by cause, Chapter XXII: Codes for special purposes (U00 to U99)
    Table: 13-10-0391-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of deaths caused by new diseases of unknown origin such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), by age group and sex, 2003 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 34. Deaths and age-specific mortality rates, by selected grouped causes
    Table: 13-10-0392-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of deaths and age-specific mortality rates for selected grouped causes, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 35. Leading causes of death, total population, by age group
    Table: 13-10-0394-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths, and age-specific mortality rates for the leading causes of death, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 36. Leading causes of death, infants
    Table: 13-10-0395-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths, and mortality rates for the leading causes of infant death (under one year of age), by sex, 2000 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 37. Deaths, by place of residence and place of occurrence
    Table: 13-10-0707-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths, by place of residence and place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 38. Deaths, by month
    Table: 13-10-0708-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number and percentage of deaths, by month and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 39. Deaths, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0709-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number and percentage of deaths, by age group, sex, and place of residence, 1991 to most recent year.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
  • 40. Deaths, by age
    Table: 13-10-0709-02
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number and percentage of deaths, by single year of age and sex.
    Release date: 2026-01-13
Analysis (86)

Analysis (86) (50 to 60 of 86 results)

  • 51. Health at a Glance
    Journals and periodicals: 82-624-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Each issue of Health at a Glance consists of a short non-technical article on topics that feature statistics from health-related surveys and administrative data.

    Release date: 2017-04-26
  • 52. Trends in mortality rates, 2000 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201700114775
    Description:

    This fact sheet presents the age-standardized mortality rates and analyzes the trends in mortality rates since 2000, with emphasis on the leading causes of death.

    Release date: 2017-03-09
  • 53. The 10 leading causes of death, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201700114776
    Description:

    Statistics shown in this fact sheet come from vital statistics Canadian death database. These data are collected from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries and contain demographic and medical (cause of death) information on all deaths in Canada.

    Release date: 2017-03-09
  • 54. Study: Women in Canada: The girl child Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201705315428
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-02-22
  • 55. The Girl Child Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114680
    Description:

    The chapter entitled "Women in Canada: The Girl Child" explores the diverse circumstances and experiences of girls aged 17 and under. The chapter describes the demographic characteristics of girls in Canada and presents several topics related to their well-being including: living arrangements, socioeconomic conditions, physical health and development, mortality, emotional and social health and development, child care, school readiness, education, and personal security. Where possible, comparisons are made between girls in different age groups, between girls and boys, and within several subpopulations.

    Release date: 2017-02-22
  • 56. Study: Updating the standard population and its effect on cancer incidence and mortality rates 1992 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201629414801
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-10-20
  • 57. Updating the standard population and its effect on cancer incidence and mortality rates Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-624-X201600114667
    Description:

    This article describes the impact on age-standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates of an update to the standard population used to derive them. The impact is assessed by cancer type and by province for 2012, and on trends in cancer rates from 1992 to 2012. Data are from the Canadian Cancer Registry and the Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database.

    Release date: 2016-10-20
  • 58. Deaths from congenital anomalies in Canada 1974 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201627314823
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-09-29
  • 59. Deaths from congenital anomalies in Canada, 1974 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-624-X201600114649
    Description:

    Congenital anomalies, commonly referred to as birth defects, describe conditions that develop in the fetus at the time of conception or during pregnancy. This article presents data on trends in the average age at death, and death rates from five of the most common congenital anomalies: circulatory anomalies; Spina Bifida; and three chromosomal anomalies-Down syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome. Data from the 1974 to 2012 Canadian Vital Statistics-Deaths Database will be used to examine differences in the death rate due to congenital anomalies, among infants in Canada.

    Release date: 2016-09-29
  • 60. Study: Prostate cancer trends in Canada 1995 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201611614081
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-04-25
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